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The Legacy of the Italian Resistance (Italian & Italian American Studies)

By Philip Cooke

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
ISBN
0230114105, 9780230114104
Google Books ID
R8gdkgAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1855524 bytes)
Series
Italian & Italian American Studies
Pages
277\277
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

In this rich and detailed interdisciplinary study, Philip Cooke explores the enduring and contested legacy of the Italian Resistance movement. This book scrutinizes the ambivalent and shifting attitudes toward the movement held by the major Italian political parties and the State, caught up as they were in an ambitious project to build a new nation out of the ruins of Fascism and the Second World War. Using a wide array of texts, Cooke bridges the gap between historical and cultural studies and shows how Italian politics, history, and culture have interacted over the long term. Fusing historical and cultural analysis, this is a unique contribution to our understanding of modern Italy.

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